Primeval Shambler
Creature — Horror Mercenary
: This creature gets +1/+1 until end of turn.
- CMC
- 5
- Mana cost
- Color identity
- B
- Rarity
- uncommon
- Set
- Eighth Edition
- Price
- $0.18
- EDHREC rank
- #29641
Primeval Shambler is a six-mana 3/3 that grows itself — and only itself — by consuming your other creatures, which is a steep ask for a body this small. Bulk rare for a reason: the effect is real but the rate is not.
Format Analysis
Where it lives, where it can’t
| Format | Verdict |
|---|---|
| commander | legal |
| legacy | legal |
| modern | legal |
| pioneer | not legal |
| standard | not legal |
| vintage | legal |
| pauper | not legal |
| oathbreaker | legal |
Primeval Shambler is legal in Commander, Legacy, Modern, Vintage, and Oathbreaker, but sees essentially no play in any of them. In Commander, six mana for a vanilla-rate creature with a slow self-pump ability is below the threshold of what 100-card singleton decks demand, and sacrifice synergy decks have far better payoffs. In Legacy and Vintage the bar is set by the format's fastest threats, and Primeval Shambler doesn't come close. Modern has enough efficient threats and sacrifice payoffs that this never registers as a consideration.
Key Combos
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Price Context
Current price
$0.18 bulk tier
At $0.18, Primeval Shambler sits firmly in bulk territory and will stay there — demand is low across every format it's legal in. Pick it up if a specific casual build calls for it, but don't expect the price to move.
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Sources
Mentioned
Updated . Data from Scryfall, EDHREC, and Commander Spellbook.